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Dr. Kaplan is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Texas, Houston Medical School. He is Chairman of the publications board of the American Society of Microbiology, the recipient of twelve honorary awards, has authored over 200 scientific papers. He earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University, his masters from Yale and his doctorate from the University of California San Diego. He trained for two years at Cambridge University and joined the faculty of the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1967 where he later became the director of the Biotechnology Center. In 1989, he took the position of Chairman of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Texas Houston Medical School. | 